Camelpox
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| Camelpox virus | |
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| Virus classification | |
| Group: | Group I (dsDNA) |
| Order: | Unassigned |
| Family: | Poxviridae |
| Subfamily: | Chordopoxvirinae |
| Genus: | Orthopoxvirus |
| Type species | |
| Vaccinia virus |
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Camelpox virus |
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Camelpox is a disease of camels caused by a virus of the family Poxviridae and the genus Orthopoxvirus. It causes skin lesions and a generalized infection. Fatality rates may approach 25 percent in epidemics in young camels,[1] but other cases are generally mild. The infection may be spread to the hands of camel drivers.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Fenner, Frank J.; Gibbs, E. Paul J.; Murphy, Frederick A.; Rott, Rudolph; Studdert, Michael J.; White, David O. (1993). Veterinary Virology (2nd ed.). Academic Press, Inc. ISBN 0-12-253056-X.
- ^ Carter, G.R.; Wise, D.J. (2006). "Poxviridae". A Concise Review of Veterinary Virology. http://www.ivis.org/advances/Carter/Part2Chap10/chapter.asp?LA=1. Retrieved 2006-06-10.
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